Science fiction --
A prophecy of America, the moon, and mars --
Edgar Allen Poe and the visionary tradition of science fiction --
The left hand of darkness: Ursula K. LeGuin's archetypal "Winter-journey" --
Utopian fantasy as millennial motive and science-fictional motif --
The means and ends of science fiction --
The transformed world of Charles Brockden Brown's Wieland --
Solaris and the illegitimate suns of science fiction --
Epoch-eclipse and apocalypse: special "effects" in A Connecticut yankee --
New dimensions of time, space, and literature --
Melville's The confidence-man and the fiction of science --
Vonnegut's Spiral siren call: From Dresden's Lunar vistas to Tralfamadore.

"Science fiction -- A prophecy of America, the moon, and mars -- Edgar Allen Poe and the visionary tradition of science fiction -- The left hand of darkness: Ursula K. LeGuin's archetypal "Winter-journey" -- Utopian fantasy as millennial motive and science-fictional motif -- The means and ends of science fiction -- The transformed world of Charles Brockden Brown's Wieland -- Solaris and the illegitimate suns of science fiction -- Epoch-eclipse and apocalypse: special "effects" in A Connecticut yankee -- New dimensions of time, space, and literature -- Melville's The confidence-man and the fiction of science -- Vonnegut's Spiral siren call: From Dresden's Lunar vistas to Tralfamadore."@en